IP Library Granted Patent US 11,731,340
Granted Patent B2
US 11,731,340 · App. 17/655,193 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Double-sided transcription type sheet/film forming roll apparatus and double-sided transcription type sheet/film forming method

Inventors: Koji Mizunuma (Sunto-gun, JP); Ryota Oke (Mishima, JP); Tomonori Yamaguchi (Sunto-gun, JP); Akihiro Iwata (Gotemba, JP)
Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
B29C59/04B29C43/24B29C43/245B29C43/46B29C48/0011B29C48/0018B29C48/08B29C48/92B29C59/002B30B3/00B29C2043/5825B29C2043/5833B29C2948/92647B29C2948/92942B30B3/005B30B15/0029B30B15/166
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Patent No.
US 11,731,340
App. No.
17/655,193
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes a first roll and a second roll on each of which a pattern is formed, a first motor and a second motor to rotate the respective rolls, a shaft direction supporting mechanism to support the second roll along a shaft direction and an axial position adjusting mechanism configured to move the shaft direction supporting mechanism along the shaft direction. The posture of the rotating shaft of the second motor is maintained constant at all times, and the second roll is moved in the shaft direction along the first roll, thereby adjusting the positions of both patterns on the first roll and the second roll along the shaft direction.

Claims (16)

1. A sheet/film forming method using a sheet/film forming roll apparatus including a first roll and a second roll configured to be rotatable in opposition to each other, on each of which a preset pattern is formed, and configured to feed a molten resin into a part between the first roll and the second roll to thereby form a sheet or a film, the method comprising:

rotating the first roll by a first motor;

transmitting a rotation state of a second motor including a rotary portion on which a plurality of permanent magnets are arranged, to the second roll by a power transmission mechanism comprising an intermediate shaft part and two shaft couplings; and

bringing the first roll close to or away from the second roll by a push-pull unit,

wherein

a variation state of a rotating shaft of the second roll created when bringing the first roll close to and away from the second roll is absorbed to be eliminated as the intermediate shaft part is inclined with respect to one of the two shaft couplings as a base point, thereby maintaining a posture of a rotating shaft of the second motor constant at all times,

a shaft direction supporting mechanism configured to support the second roll along a shaft direction in a state where the second roll is rotatable is moved by an axial position adjusting mechanism along the shaft direction and thus the second roll is moved in the shaft direction along the first roll with movement of the shaft direction supporting mechanism, thereby adjusting positions of both patterns on the first roll and the second roll along the shaft direction, and

an adjusting plate of the axial position adjusting mechanism supports the second motor and the power transmission mechanism, wherein the adjusting plate is configured to move the second motor and the power transmission mechanism integrally along the shaft direction.

2. A sheet/film forming method using a sheet/film forming roll apparatus comprising a first roll and a second roll configured to be rotatable in opposition to each other, and a third roll rotatable in synchronism with the second roll, on each of the second roll and the third roll, a preset pattern is formed and configured to feed a molten resin into a part between the first roll and the second roll to form a sheet or a film on both surfaces of which the patterns are transcribed, as the molten resin passes through between the second roll and the third roll, the method comprising:

rotating the first roll by a first motor;

transmitting a rotation state of a second motor including a rotary portion on which a plurality of permanent magnets are arranged, to the second roll by a power transmission mechanism comprising an intermediate shaft part and two shaft couplings; and

bringing the first roll close to or away from the second roll by a push-pull unit,

wherein

a variation state of a rotating shaft of the second roll created when bringing the first roll close to and away from the second roll is absorbed to be eliminated as the intermediate shaft part is inclined with respect to one of the two shaft couplings as a base point, thereby maintaining a posture of a rotating shaft of the second motor constant at all times,

a shaft direction supporting mechanism configured to support the second roll along a shaft direction in a state where the second roll is rotatable is moved by an axial position adjusting mechanism along the shaft direction and thus the second roll is moved in the shaft direction along the third roll with movement of the shaft direction supporting mechanism, thereby adjusting positions of both patterns on the second roll and the third roll along the shaft direction, and

an adjusting plate of the axial position adjusting mechanism supports the second motor and the power transmission mechanism, wherein the adjusting plate is configured to move the second motor and the power transmission mechanism integrally along the shaft direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060213/0270 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: MIZUNUMA, KOJI; OKE, RYOTA; YAMAGUCHI, TOMONORI; IWATA, AKIHIRO
To: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060214/0516 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-141032 · Jul 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16039928 · Jul 19, 2018
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